Remington short action gurus

[Quackerbox]

Model 722 to be exact. Ive got a line on one marked .244 Remington. Anyone have any idea how many were actually stamped that and not 6mm? So far all I can find is its not really worth to much more than the average 722.

And while Im at it, anyone got a stock for it? This one is cracked. How bad Im not sure as I haven't put my hands on it yet

[Bumpy]

I think Rem 700 stocks should fit.

[silencer2011]

The barrel on the 244 will be a slower twist than that of a 6mm. The 244 came before the 6mm and the 243. When winchester came out with the 243 with a 1:10 twist barrel, remington changed their barrels from 1:12 I think, to 1:10 to match the 243 and they called it the 6mm. By the time remington got all this done, the 243 was off and running and te 6mm kinda fell by the wayside. I personally like the 6mm better than the 243, but the 243 is much easier to find.

[Quackerbox]

The barrel on the 244 will be a slower twist than that of a 6mm. The 244 came before the 6mm and the 243. When winchester came out with the 243 with a 1:10 twist barrel, remington changed their barrels from 1:12 I think, to 1:10 to match the 243 and they called it the 6mm. By the time remington got all this done, the 243 was off and running and te 6mm kinda fell by the wayside. I personally like the 6mm better than the 243, but the 243 is much easier to find.

Yes sir. The 244 has a 1/9 and the 6mm 1/12 I believe. 244 should shoot light bullets better and IMO have better performance than the 243. 7x57 case vs. 308 of the 243.

A 700 stock won't work without some fitting due to the widen portion of the 722 where the rear sight is.

I went a head and bought it, at 450 with an old school leupold with quick detach rings I felt comfortable in the purchase. I'll swap scopes and let my 12 year try and take a deer with it

[Cajun Blake]

The barrel on the 244 will be a slower twist than that of a 6mm. The 244 came before the 6mm and the 243. When winchester came out with the 243 with a 1:10 twist barrel, remington changed their barrels from 1:12 I think, to 1:10 to match the 243 and they called it the 6mm. By the time remington got all this done, the 243 was off and running and te 6mm kinda fell by the wayside. I personally like the 6mm better than the 243, but the 243 is much easier to find.

spot on

Big Green choked on this one just like they did the 7mm Express

from chuck hawks web page ....

"Once in a great while, though, a manufacturer makes a mistake. One such case involved the .244 Remington. When first introduced, barrels for this caliber were made with a 1-in-12 twist, because Remington anticipated that their new cartridge would be used primarily for varmint shooting. The 1 in 12 inch twist is ideal for best accuracy with varmint weight bullets (70-85 grains) in a high velocity .24 (6mm) caliber rifle. The heaviest spitzer bullet that a .244 with a 1 in 12 inch twist barrel could stabilize was 90 grains. The customers, however, also wanted to use their new .24 caliber rifles for hunting medium size big game, with 100 grain bullets. Needless to say, customers ignored the new .244 Rem. Remington soon saw the error of their ways and changed the rifling of their .244 barrels to 1 turn in 9 inches, but the damage was done. Sales remained so slow that eventually Remington had to discontinue the .244. The following year they reintroduced the exact same cartridge as the 6mm Rem. and produced all 6mm rifle barrels with 1 in 9 inch twist barrels, which can stabilize all .24/6mm bullets."

[Artos]

To me...the consumer failed.

IMO, the 1/12 twist with the 70gr pills is much more ideal then trying to turn up the weight.

[silencer2011]

I was actually really close to building a 6mm on a Czech vz24 action a year or so back. I backed out and built a 25-06. Now I am building a 35 whelen. I will have a 6mm some day though.